Markyel Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) Kia ora, i live in Aotearoa population of 5million we work on the metric system and have only 4 candle supply stores. Shipping from another country costs more then the products. i am not a pro chandler but i am no where near a novice either. No supplier sells paraffin and soy blends so ive decied to blend my own. Only one type of paraffin i could find here and that is " Paraffin Wax Fully Refined" the only information suplied is has a melting point between 46° Celsius (115° Fahrenheit) and 68° C (154° F. ive been blending with a cocosoy blend and the candles have been coming out really ugly almost like the waxes arent blending together and i get this crytalization which looks like soy frosting at first glace but then when i poke/scrap it its an entire area that has crystalized ( SORRY I HAVE AN EXTREMLEY LOW I.Q AND CANT ARTICULATE MYSELF BETTER ) I thought it was f.o until i made a candle without it i thought it was the cocosoy blend until i melted the paraffin by itself and saw that it is the paraffin thats doing it. ive tested heating the wax together between 80-90 ( is not fully melted till around 80 ) ive also tested pour between 80-85 ( i cant go any lower then this or the wax is setting ) also using a heat gun does not fix the problem as it does with soy frosting any thoughts help please? do you require more info from me? i did go to the supplier but they advised they cant help other then providing me the melt point of the wax. Ive tried F.B groups and surfing the web but have come up with no information. Edited September 28, 2021 by Markyel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfroberts Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Sounds like you have a straight paraffin wax, meaning it doesn't contain any additives. Without additives, paraffin wax will mottle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyel Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Thanks for answering! It is straight paraffin. I am awaiting my order of universal additive. fingers crossed that works. thanks again for the suggestion im pretty sure you are right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyel Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 It worked yay!! Thank you i was so stumped and couldn't get any help through other platforms. You are awesome thanks for helping!!! wish you all the best in everything you do!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfroberts Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Markyel said: It worked yay!! Thank you i was so stumped and couldn't get any help through other platforms. You are awesome thanks for helping!!! wish you all the best in everything you do!!! Glad you have it figured out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyel Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Actually it didn't work. It appeared to as it cleaned up the top but underneath was still the same. I.ve used ratios up to 10% of U.A which seems to not bind to the wax at all. I've read Vybar might be better to use but is not for sale in my country and the shipping costs more then the product plus id be waiting around 6months for delivery as that's the new normal here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 10/13/2021 at 11:06 PM, Markyel said: Actually it didn't work. It appeared to as it cleaned up the top but underneath was still the same. I.ve used ratios up to 10% of U.A which seems to not bind to the wax at all. I've read Vybar might be better to use but is not for sale in my country and the shipping costs more then the product plus id be waiting around 6months for delivery as that's the new normal here. I have the same issue, did you find a fix for it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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